Calling it a “reprehensible” act, which has “angered every Indian”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a chorus of condemnation that cut across party lines over Monday’s incident at the Supreme Court, where a lawyer threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai . That lawyer had claimed that the CJI’s remarks had insulted “sanatan dharma”.

The incident sparked outrage across the political spectrum with the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi , and the chief ministers of West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, decrying it as a “direct attack on democracy”. Some of them, including AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal , underlined that it was an attack on a Dalit judge.

According to Delhi Police sources, the 71-year-old lawyer was identified as Rakesh Ki

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